Christus in corde, or, The mystical union between Christ and believers considered in its…

He is precious in his active and passive obedience; he fulfilled righteousness, and bare the curse for us; he did bleed and dye upon a Cross to make an atonement for us; his sufferings (being by his Deity elevated into a kind of Infinity) were of value enough to pay for the sin of a world; he hath satisfied Justice to the full, and withal hath opened a door of mercy to us. And what things ⟨p. 280⟩are these! how highly to be valued! to slight them, is to say we have no part in them; all, who by union with him share in them, prize them above a world; the very life of their souls is bound up in them; here's their refuge against the storm of wrath which hangs over them as sinners; here's the only plea to the Law which pronounces a Curse on them as transgressors; here's the only compensation for sin, the only sat is faction to justice; here's their trust, confidence, prop, centre of rest; no tears, prayers, services, good works, nothing can satisfy their hearts, but that which satisfied Gods. Luther said, That Christ was as fresh to him now, ac•si hâc horâ fudisset sanguinem, as if he had shed his blood this very hour. Those that are in Christ, find as much sweetness in his blood, as if they had stood by the Cross, and seen the shedding of it for them.

He is precious in his active and passive obedience; he fulfilled righteousness, and bare the curse for us; he did bleed and dye upon a Cross to make an atonement for us; his sufferings (being by his Deity elevated into a kind of Infinity) were of value enough to pay for the sin of a world; he hath satisfied Justice to the full, and withal hath opened a door of mercy to us. And what things ⟨p. 280⟩are these! how highly to be valued! to slight them, is to say we have no part in them; all, who by union with him share in them, prize them above a world; the very life of their souls is bound up in them; here's their refuge against the storm of wrath which hangs over them as sinners; here's the only plea to the Law which pronounces a Curse on them as transgressors; here's the only compensation for sin, the only sat is faction to justice; here's their trust, confidence, prop, center of rest; no tears, prayers, services, good works, nothing can satisfie their hearts, but that which satisfied Gods. Luther said, That Christ was as fresh to him now, ac•si hâc horâ fudisset sanguinem, as if he had shed his blood this very hour. Those that are in Christ, find as much sweetness in his blood, as if they had stood by the Cross, and seen the shedding of it for them.